As the anniversary of the June 4th crackdown approaches, censors are more vigilant about blocking related sensitive words. CDT invites readers to compare a May 2014 list of blocked words on Weibo to those blocked in years past. CDT has also selected and archived our best posts commemorating June 4th from the past ten years.

Documentary filmmaker Ai Xiaoming posted an essay to her blog sharing her admiration and longing for idealistic friends facing prison sentences because of their political activism. CDT translated and published the essay here.